... any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could... Spirit of the English Magazines - الصفحة 2731820عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not 'have been inferred from his usual occupations, and1' probably is not generally known, that he was curiously...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...architecture, music, and law. He was well acquainted, too, witii most of the modern languages, and familiar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all... | |
| 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...branches of physical science, might, perhaps, have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and entomology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture,...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| Edward Mammatt - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...Mr. Watt was not only minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the mechanical arts, but also curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics,...languages, and familiar with their most recent lite,rature ; and with all these vast acquisitions of knowledge, no man could be more social in his spirit, less... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of achitecture, music, and law. He was well-acquainted too with most of the modern languages, and familiar... | |
| François Arago - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician and engineer detailing and expounding, for hours together, the metaphysical theories... | |
| François Arago - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 154
...branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally...acquainted, too, with most of the modern languages — and familar with their most recent literature. Nor was it at all extraordinary to hear the great mechanician... | |
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